Trempealeau man injured after being hit by train

TREMPEALEAU, Wis. (WLAX/WEUX) – A 74-year-old man in Trempealeau County is hurt after being hit by a train. The Trempealeau County Sheriff’s Office says they got a call from BNSF Railway yesterday afternoon (5/13/24) that one of its trains had hit a person in the Trempealeau Wildlife Refuge. The man from the town of Trempealeau was found nearby in the bushes with a broken arm. His family had reported him missing less than an hour earlier after they couldn’t find him for a few hours. He was taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.

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